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Twilight of the Dark Master Director: Akiyuki Shinbo Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: Unrated Running Time: 50 minutes Studio: Urban Vision Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-06-12 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 35 Average rating: 3.5 "One of the worst animes ever made" I have to say, when I saw the trailer for this movie I was impressed, so the next week I went to go buy it, this movie is only 41 minute long, its not 50 its 41 minutes! Its not worth your money. The drawing is good that given but the rest blows! Even the story is stupid! The "hero" in this anime is just way too strong he was no match for the monster , its not a good movie, the action scenes are very weak. But before you give me a bad vote just go out and watch the film and you will be as dissapointed as I was. The trailer was better than the film itself, literally! "Kind of short" It was awfully short and only really developed the main character(s) in the last few minutes. The character types found within and the background have a good potential for a high quality anime if there was a good story to go with it. "Great animation, but..." I fell for the oldest meanest trick in the book when i ran into this title at the video store - the DVD cover is beautiful, and the movie summary makes the movie sounds reasonably interesting. But unfortunately, the cover seems to be the best thing about the movie. While the animation and the soundtrack were great, and plot had a lot of potential, it seems that the creators of this movie didn't really bother to develop the story into the great movie that it could have been. The story is somewhat scrambled, the characters are developed badly (if at all), with the bulk of information about the main character being provided somewhere in the final battle. That is - somewhere in the last 7 minutes of this (short) movie. In short - if you feel a burning urge to watch anime, and this is the last title on the shelf at the video store, I'd still recommend that you think twice before renting this. And if you do rent it, do yourself a favor and watch the Japanese dub, at least this way you'll get to experience the cool soundtrack in its full glory. "Don't waste your money" If you see this in a store and think it looks good, whatever you do, resist the urge to buy. It was probably the beautiful cover art that seduced me into buying this, and it turns out that the cover art is probably the best thing about it. I really wish I'd spent my money on something more worthwhile, and now I'll try to warn others from making the same mistake. To start with, the characterization is awful, or non-existent to be more accurate. The characters had so little personality that I honestly couldn't have cared less whether they lived or died. Add to that a thoroughly dull and uninspiring plot involving a person turning into a monster, and you've got one of the worst animes out there. As if all that weren't bad enough, it's crammed into a mere fifty minutes which prevents any sort of meaningful ending. The DVD has pretty good picture quality, and the extra features are pretty decent, but take my word for it: none of it is worth submitting yourself to this garbage. So whoever you are, stay away. I like most anime, but this is just ugly. "Highly entertaning and thoughtful" Twilight of the Dark Master is a wonderful piece on good,evil and those stuck between. Violent and provacative this film takes its time, allowing the audience to learn and understand the motivations of its characters. In all a beutiful and brilliant piece not suitable for all, but definatly suited for the open minded or lovers of the medium.